New MBA Jobs Openings: California
The length of California is approximately 770 miles. From top to bottom, visitors will find a mass of fascinating contradictions—Silicon Valley, Napa, Hollywood Glitz, Malibu, the SF Mission, Humboldt County pot farms, Yosemite,
San Diego surf, Fresno farmland, Palm Desert, the rolling hills of John Steinbeck Country.
These are just a handful of examples that represent the wonderful diversity of landscapes and communities all technically located in one U.S. state. It seems abundantly clear why so many MBA graduates look to the Golden State to make careers for themselves.
This week, we highlight four California Job openings available for MBA graduates:
PwC, Credit Suisse Highlight Newest MBA Finance Jobs
While an MBA can be applied to any field, most graduates leverage their advance business degree to a new MBA job in the financial services field. Are you on the lookout for a hot new MBA job in the financial services sector? You’re in luck — here’s a selection of exciting new job opportunities at offices across the country. Continue reading…
Top MBA Recruiters: Guggenheim Partners
For graduating MBA students, the connections made through their university and business school program can be a crucial part of starting a career. At a top program like the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, for instance, 73.9 percent of the 2017 graduating class who accepted full-time offers had the opportunity facilitated by the school. Roughly 30.1 percent of these school-facilitated offers were the results of on-or off-campus interviews.
Not only can your university be instrumental in setting up long-lasting career opportunities, but the companies that seek and recruit MBA students also play an important role. Companies like Guggenheim Partners, based in New York and Chicago with office locations throughout the world, are actively looking for talented MBA students and graduates for opportunities that could be the start of brand new career. And the best part? They’ll come to you.
What is Guggenheim Partners?
Guggenheim partners is a global investment and advisory firm that believes in finding innovative solutions to deliver long-term results to their clients. The company, which is headquartered in New York City and Chicago, operates through three main businesses: investments, securities, and insurance services.
Guggenheim Partners is the culmination of years of the Guggenheim family business, dating back to the late 1800s. Today, the firm is operating with more than $305 billion in assets across a variety of managed accounts and funds. Over 2,400 professionals are currently staffed at the firm across six countries, and roughly 45 percent of the independently owned company is owned by employees themselves.
Why MBAs Love Guggenheim Partners?
One of the cornerstones of Guggenheim Partners today is their focus on finding innovative solutions to complex problems. In hiring, they seek creative people who can perform at high levels, take pride in their work and think creatively. In a word? An MBA.
Guggenheim Partners jobs might also be attractive to MBA graduates because they don’t expect a long resume of professional experience to join their team. According to Payscale, the largest percentage of employees (roughly 40 percent) have between one and four years of professional experience, still earning paychecks of up to $57,000 per year, on average. For MBAs with more experience, of course, it only gets better: the average pay for employees with five to nine years of work experience reveals salaries averaging $93,000 per year.
It also does appear that the company rewards those with advanced degrees. While there is no data on employees with MBAs directly, Payscale does note that those with the company’s highest salary average (around $110,000 per year) are those with Master of Science degrees.
Life at Guggenheim Partners
MBA graduates looking for full-time Guggenheim Partners jobs will likely begin as full-time analysts or associates at one of several recruitment groups around the country. Groups from both the Investments and Securities segment of the company recruit full-time Analysts, such as Sales & Trading (NY and Boston), Research (NY), Corporate Credit (NY), Operations (Chicago) and several others. Those interested in full-time Associate positions will be recruited through the Investment Banking division of Guggenheim Securities, based in New York.
On Ivy Exec, a website that gathers company and employment data, Guggenheim Partners jobs received fairly high marks across the board. A full 100 percent of surveyed employees said they would recommend the job to a friend, 80 percent said it was a great place to work, and 80 percent said they are proud to have the company on their resume.
Guggenheim Partners Jobs
Guggenheim Partners recruit students for full-time jobs in their final year of study, seeking motivated candidates with an impressive academic background and strong interpersonal skills. They also look for graduates with the potential to take on leadership roles while being able to work effectively on a team.
Students can interview on campus for full-time associate or analyst positions, apply directly for open entry level roles, or get their foot in the door even sooner by joining the company’s internship program. The program, which was created to provide students with “visibility and exposure into the day-to-day activities of key business units within Guggenheim Partners” goes above and beyond to create opportunities for advancement, including networking opportunities, speakers, performance evaluations and mentoring.
The Guggenheim Partners internship program is available at all office locations, though some locations offer special focuses for the internship in fields like Investment Banking, Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Credit, and more.
For a list of current opportunities available at Guggenheim Partners, you can check out their career page here.
Your Future A.T. Kearney Career is Waiting for You
For many organizations, finding a candidate with an MBA degree on their resume is a shortcut to knowing how well they will succeed at the company. With the strong foundational business skills the degree provides, companies can feel safe hiring an MBA student or graduate.
Founded in the mid 1920s, A.T. Kearney is a Chicago-based global management consulting firm and on of the more active MBA recruiters. As of 2016, the company holds 60 offices in over 40 countries throughout the globe, with roughly 3,500 employees.
Why Work at A.T. Kearney?
A.T. Kearney has made a commitment to creating transformational experiences for its clients, it makes the same promise for its employees. The company strongly believes that diversity is a key part of its culture, and aims to create an inclusive environment where people of any background can find success. The firm is unique in its offering of personalized programs that can help each employee find the perfect path to career success. Programs like Success with Flex, which offers flexible scheduling options, Pathway for Parents, which provides resources for working caregivers, or the Encore program, which helps professionals reenter the workforce after a long break, demonstrate the company’s commitment to creating a positive work environment for all its employees.
On Glassdoor, anonymous current and former A.T. Kearney employees largely praise the consulting company, giving it an overall positive rating of 4.2. In context, that’s just outside of the “2018 Best Places to Work” top 100 ranking, making it one of the more attractive destinations for current and future MBA grads. Employees cite flexible scheduling and good health insurance policies among the myriad of benefits, but at the end of the day, the pay is what stands out.
According to Glassdoor data, compiled by CNBC, A.T. Kearney employees earn the highest median salary of any employer in the entire United States, with a median total base compensation of $175,000. And with some positively alluring bonuses, that puts employees in the $200,000 range.
How To Get Your Foot in the Door
A.T. Kearney recruits talent in a number of ways. The company already works alongside a number of top business schools in the country, offering networking events, career fairs, and presentations on campus. Students can also begin the interviewing process right on campus. Even if the company does not offer programs at a particular campus, students can still apply directly through the website.
Another important way interested MBAs can get their foot in the door is through the Summer Consultant Program; a ten-week internship which teaches students about what its like to be a consultant at A.T. Kearney. The program starts with a three-day training program at a central location, helping interns to understand the company’s culture and specific approaches to consulting. After the three-day program, interns will return to their local offices and begin working on project assignments. At A.T. Kearney, Summer Consultants are treated the same as any other full-time associate and must collaborate with managers, principles and partners to create client solutions.
“The Summer Consultant Program allowed me to make an impact through my client work, get a real feel for the office’s culture, and, most importantly, build strong relationships with future colleagues at all levels of the firm. In all, the experience left me excited about the opportunity to join the firm full-time,” says Kate Maheu, a full-time associate who started as a Summer Consultant in 2013.
What Types of Jobs are Available?
From summer consultants and beyond, A.T. Kearney has a number of jobs for which they are seeking talented MBA graduates. Below are just a couple examples of positions open at the time of writing.
Associate – Digital Transformation:
The first of its kind among management firms, the Digital Transformation practice at A.T. Kearney offers organizations help in making sense of their changing needs in an constantly evolving business world. The Digital Transformation Associate works alongside clients, collaborating and problem-solving in a fast paced environment with the potential to make a big impact. The perfect consultant for this role would possess an MBA from a leading institution and have 5-10 years of success in Business and Technology.
The Contracts Officer at A.T. Kearney will be a senior member of the Public Sector team at the company, responsible for management of contracts between the firm and Government agencies. The ideal candidate for this position would hold have active business connections in government sectors and more than ten years experience in a consulting environment. An undergraduate degree is required for this role with an MBA highly preferred.
Why McKinsey and Company Loves to Hire MBAs
When it comes to careers MBAs are likely to land, working for a management consulting firm tops the list.
McKinsey and Company is one such firm that conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis for companies around the world in order to evaluate management decisions across the public and private sectors. Continue reading…
